From:
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On Tue, 15 May 2018 08:53:49 -0700 (PDT), waltkowaski
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allreadydun@gmail.com> wrote:
so dreaming or dreams are a way to measure
your intent. think about it for a second.
what else would be showing up night after
night? Strong intent or weak intent, it
don't matter, your dream will show you the
score. Think of dreaming that way. Above
all it is a process that goes on, meanwhile
the content or context of dreaming changes.
what's it gonna be tonight? you can't
bullshit yourself.
But it's good also to understand the facts.
1. Dreams are hallucinations.
2. The most vivid dreams occur during REM sleep but these are the
most difficult to recall.
3. There are typically 4-6 episodes of REM sleep per night and
between 2 - 6 dreams per night. REM accounts for about 25% of sleep
time.
4. There are several main theories of dreaming.
(A) Pschoanalytic - wish fulfillment and unresolved problems. This
theory is mixture of Freudian (wish fulfillment) and Jungian
(unresolved anxieties). It is not a popular theory and largely
discounted today.
(B) Activation-synthesis. Has stood the test of time (unlike
Freud/Jung) and is still very popular. I believe this theory to be
the best fit with the facts at least in my case.
Essentially, it believes that during REM sleep, specific areas of the
brain are activated, such as the amydala and hippocampus. These areas
are involved in emotions, memories and sensations. So when they are
activated during sleep, the brain tries to interpret the activity,
which creates dreams. Therefore dreams are the result of the brain
trying to create meaning from random brain activity which occurs while
we sleep.
(C) Reverse memory (tidying up the memory). Less popular theory that
the brain discards unnecessary memories acquired during the day, and
connects the useful ones *or* the brain consolidates memories and
processes information, rather than discarding memories.
(D) Information processing and memory consolidation. In other words,
we sleep and dream to process the vast amount of information our
brains acquire during the day *and* help prepare us for the following
day. Experience and learning is solidified into long-term memories to
be used in the future.
(E) Threat rehearsal and simulation. This is an evolutionary theory
that dreams arise from your brain practicing skills, decisions and
actions needed for survival. Rats were given survival tests, then
prevented from REM sleep and then given amphetamines to stay awake.
They failed all of the survival tests whereas those rats who had REM
sleep did not fail. This is a very popular theory.
There are lesser theories but the above are the main theories and
contain almost certainly the truth.
In none of this is the word "intent" mentioned unless it is intent to
survive. Dreaming is rehearsal, which is not intent. Intent requires conscious will and decision making which is absent during dreaming.
Basically, logically, you are wrong. I say that with respect :)
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